Nita Lowey: “Cutting funds to bilateral family planning programs is simply bad…”

On the recordJune 13, 2019

Cutting funds to bilateral family planning programs is simply bad foreign policy. It undermines U.S. Agency for International Development objectives and hurts millions of women and girls. I strongly urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Arizona (Mrs. Lesko). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.

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Nita Lowey

Democratic · New York

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Jun 13, 2019

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